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Pather Panchali (1955)
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Release Date:
22 September 1958 (USA)
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Plot:
Sometime in the early years of the century, a boy, Apu, is born to a poor Brahmin family in a village in Bengal...
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 7 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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Brutal on your face artwork
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Kanu Bannerjee | ... | Harihar Ray |
| Karuna Bannerjee | ... | Sarbojaya Ray |
| Subir Bannerjee | ... | Apu |
| Uma Das Gupta | ... | Durga |
| Chunibala Devi | ... | Indir Thakrun |
| Runki Banerjee | ... | Little Durga |
| Reba Devi | ... | Seja Thakrun |
| Aparna Devi | ... | Nilmoni's wife |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Haren Banerjee | ... | Chinibas, Sweet-seller |
| Tulsi Chakraborty | ... | Prasanna, school teacher |
| Nibhanani Devi | ... | Dasi Thakurun |
| Rama Gangopadhaya | ... | Ranu Mookerjee |
| Roma Ganguli | ... | Roma |
| Binoy Mukherjee | ... | Baidyanath Majumdar |
| Harimohan Nag | ... | Doctor |
| Kshirod Roy | ... | Priest |
Directed by | |||
| Satyajit Ray | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | novel | |
| Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | screenplay | |
| Satyajit Ray | writer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ravi Shankar | |||
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| Subrata Mitra | |||
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| Dulal Dutta | |||
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| Bansi Chandragupta | |||
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| Bansi Chandragupta | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Bhupen Ghosh | .... | sound | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (restored version)
- Sony Pictures Classics (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
- Curzon Film Distributors (1957) (UK)
- Divisa Home Video (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- Edward Harrison (1958) (USA) (subtitled)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Song of the Little Road (International: English title)
Song of the Road
The Lament of the Path
The Saga of the Road
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Song of the Road
The Lament of the Path
The Saga of the Road
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Runtime:
India:122 min (within Bengal) | Argentina:119 min
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Netherlands:AL |
Netherlands:AL (re-release) (2008) |
UK:U |
Argentina:Atp |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Québec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)
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Trivia:
Apu was spotted sitting on a neighbor's terrace by the director's wife.
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Soundtrack:
It's A Long Way to Tipperary
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| DVD Out | subhashis_chowdhury |
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This is an intense movie. It smells of earth after a sudden downpour in mid-summer. Unexpected, slightly uncomfortable yet devinely inspired. There is subtle poetry of emotions underlying the movie. The characters are honest and very human. The best part of the movie is the Camera work considering the movie was made in 1955. Overall comfort food for mind, though I would not recommend it as a first date movie.